Obgortka (clothes)

Obgortka (opinka, gorbotka, fota) is a low-waisted black one-ply women's garment woven from sheep's wool. The obgortka was worn on top of the shirt, wrapping it around the waist. The front end of the obgortka overlapped significantly, and at the same time, one, and sometimes both ends were tucked behind the belt. The obgortka was divided into three parts according to the ornament, the back part was plain without longitudinal stripes, and the two front ones had longitudinal narrow stripes. At the bottom on both sides of the cloth there were three stripes, the middle one was wider, and the two side ones were narrower. Such obgortkas were called opinki. Obgortkas were common on both banks of the Dniester.

Fota is a kind of obgortka that was made in a factory, this kind of obgortka was festive and made half of silk. The wide strip in the photo was dark red, and the two narrow ones were white.